There is some disagreement in the English community over what to call certain card types. This page includes a list of Japanese terms, followed by a list of common English translations.
- 光 [ひかり, hikari] (20-point cards)
- 種 [たね, tane] (10-point cards)
- Animals
- Tens
- Seeds
- Spirit
- 短冊 [たんざく, tanzaku] (5-point cards)
- Ribbons
- Scrolls
- Strips
- Wish
- カス [kasu] (1-point cards)
- Chaff
- Plains
- Junk
- Dregs
- Flower
- 松 [まつ, matsu]
- 梅 [うめ, ume]
- 桜 [さくら, sakura]
- 藤 [ふじ, fuji]
- 菖蒲 [あやめ, ayame]
- 牡丹 [ぼたん, botan]
- 萩 [はぎ, hagi]
- Bush Clover
- Clover
- Lespedeza
- 芒 [すすき, susuki]
- Eulalia
- Grass
- Hills
- Silver Grass
- Zebra Grass
- Pampas Grass
- 菊 [きく, kiku]
- 紅葉 [もみじ, momiji]
- 柳 [やなぎ, yanagi]
- 桐 [きり, kiri]
- 役 [やく , yaku]
- Melds
- Combinations
- Roles [often seen in machine translations]
- 地方札 [ちほうふだ, chihōfuda]
- Regional Cards
- Regional Patterns